Nyiar Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Nyiar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Nyiar (61) may also be a first name.
Nyiar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyiar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyiar is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyiar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,281,391st most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. Nyiar is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyiar live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 61 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria Nyiar is most numerous in: Benue, where 99 percent live, Rivers, where 1 percent live and Taraba, where 1 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nyiar
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